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The US Air Force is working on its drone defenses, starting with AI and ending with shotguns
US Air Force personnel recently trained on a layered approach to countering drones, using artificial intelligence to spot them, electronic warfare to disrupt them, and shotguns as a last line of defense. The recent exercise highlights the US military’s growing focus on having a variety of kinetic…
The best college town or city for students in every US state
Where a student attends college can shape their experience as much as academics, athletics, and campus life do. Beyond being the backdrop for college memories, a school’s setting often determines what students do outside class and the opportunities and experiences they have access to as they pursue…
Mountie bears and battle-ready beavers star in a viral AI-made Canadian trade-war anthem
The latest front in the US-Canada trade war isn’t tariffs, it’s an army of Mountie bears playing bagpipes. A new AI-made music video, “Canadian Resistance Army — Trade War,” has become the latest online expression of Canadian defiance toward US tariffs — and an unlikely patriotic anthem. The video…
Ukraine is helping NATO trainers recreate its battlefield, calling out what they get wrong to make it more realistic
Western trainers are trying to recreate Ukraine’s battlefields on NATO soil to make training for its soldiers as realistic as possible. Ukrainian troops are key to helping them get it right. Western militaries are training Ukrainian soldiers at a purpose-built facility in Poland as part of…
The fine line between getting noticed and getting embarrassed on LinkedIn
We all know the quote, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” For plenty of people, that’s posting on LinkedIn. The professional social network is notorious for cringeworthy, performative posts. But those posts also generate a lot of engagement and raise the poster’s profile. With everyone…
He left OpenAI to become a filmmaker. He said AI coding was ‘lonelier’ and ‘mentally draining.’
Kasra Kyanzadeh missed working with people. “I was like: Where are there smart people?” the 33-year-old engineer told Business Insider. “At OpenAI, there are smart people.” So, Kyanzadeh joined the team building the Codex desktop app in June. By mid-August, he said he was feeling tired and drained…
Sam Altman knows people hate data centers
Sam Altman doesn’t need to see the polls. The OpenAI CEO knows how unpopular his industry has become. “Clearly, people hate data centers—right now, at least,” Altman told Time as part of a series of interviews for a cover story published on Wednesday. “People are pretty negative on AI.” Data…
What smart people are saying about Meta’s settlement
Uttara Ananthakrishnan, an associate professor of information systems at the University of Washington, told Business Insider that she wouldn’t be surprised if YouTube and TikTok announce similar restrictions in the coming days. Ananthakrishnan, who has authored several research papers about the…
Canada could use 2 key exports as leverage against Trump. One premier says that’s a bad idea.
Canada is escalating its response to President Donald Trump’s trade war, with another round of retaliatory tariffs set to take effect September 8. But two key Canadian exports — oil and potash, a key fertilizer ingredient — should stay out of the fight, one Canadian premier said Wednesday. “What we…
The cow comes home: China’s Internet celebrates Z.ai claiming ownership of Ox Alpha
One of China’s leading AI labs has claimed the cow — aka the mysterious Ox Alpha model — and Chinese fans couldn’t be happier. In a Wednesday blog post, Z.ai said Ox Alpha had been a free-to-use preview of its new GLM-5.3-Flash model. The model had appeared on OpenRouter and OpenCode on August 20…